Post by tmo on Dec 21, 2016 5:12:47 GMT
As someone who is both a Christian and center-left ideologically (a unicorn in the USA, but not in the world at large!), I would much rather prefer a Sweden to a Texas. However, I understand where right-wing conservatives are coming from.
Generally, people who make a living selling their labor (unionized workers, academics, etc...) prefer left-leaning public policy, while people that make a living investing or working a start-up (Elon Musk comes to mind) tend to prefer right-leaning public policy. Left-leaning public policy favors laborers while right-leaning public policy tends to favors people with capital. Someone who places a high premium on their freedom to do whatever they want with their capital would prefer a Texas to a Sweden, while an academic like myself who makes a living selling my labor to a university would much rather prefer a Sweden to a Texas.
(Because political science is a science, I decided to post this here.)
Generally, people who make a living selling their labor (unionized workers, academics, etc...) prefer left-leaning public policy, while people that make a living investing or working a start-up (Elon Musk comes to mind) tend to prefer right-leaning public policy. Left-leaning public policy favors laborers while right-leaning public policy tends to favors people with capital. Someone who places a high premium on their freedom to do whatever they want with their capital would prefer a Texas to a Sweden, while an academic like myself who makes a living selling my labor to a university would much rather prefer a Sweden to a Texas.
(Because political science is a science, I decided to post this here.)
